Haikus: June 2014

HAIKUS: June 2014

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness—
an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks,
while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life.
(Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.)
This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Sunday, June 1, 2014, 3:50-5:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Stanley Donen directs
"Funny Face" (1957) starring Audrey Hepburn,
Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair,
Robert Flemyng, Dovima; Suzy Parker;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Audrey's jazz dance shows
how free-spirited she is
and she sings in this film. Sunday, June 1, 2014, 5:45-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre, Stanley Donen directs
"Royal Wedding" (1951), with Fred Astaire,
Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill, Peter Lawford,
Keenan Wynn, Albert Sharpe; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fred Astaire dances
with hat rack as partner
and on walls and ceiling.

Sunday, June 1, 2014, 8:00-9:40 pm
Stanford Flicks, Cubberley Auditorium; Phil Lord & Christopher Miller direct "The Lego Movie" (2014) with Chris Pratt (Emmet Brickowski), Will Ferrell (Evil Lord Business), Elizabeth Banks (Wyldstyle/Lucy), Will Arnett (Batman), Nick Offerman (Metal Beard Pirate), Alison Brie (Unikitty), Morgan Freeman (Vitruvius Wizard), Liam Neeson (Bad Cop/Good Cop), Channing Tatum (Superman); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Construction worker
has to believe he's the one
to conquer the Evil power. Sunday, June 1, 2014, 10:20-10:55 pm
Mountain View: After Stanford Flicks "Lego" film
Rudy and I went grocery shopping at Safeway
(645 San Antonio Road); Raisin, date, almond cereal, instant oatmeal, Nissan cup noodle, pear salad, honey ham, orange juice; Born June 1: Brigham Young (1801); Mikhail Glinka (1804); John Masefield (1878); Marilyn Monroe (1926); Pat Boone (1934); Events on June 1: "Assault wins Belmont Stakes & 7th Triple Crown" (June 1, 1946); This Day: June 1

Penzias & Wilson detect
cosmic background radiation
on June 1, 1965 winning Nobel.

Monday, June 2, 2014, 2:21-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 2: Marquis de Sade (1740); Thomas Hardy (1840); Edward Elgar (1857); Johnny Weissmuller (1904); Barbara Pym (1913); June 2—

Queen Elizabeth II
of Britain was crowned
in Westminster Abbey.
Monday, June 2, 2014, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-CoastAM: George Noory interviews David Young (Bio, Web) "Channeling George Harrison" BOOK: "Channeling Harrison";
Joshua P. Warren (Bio, Web) "Angels & Demons"

George Harrison came into
his meditation and filled
his heart and whole body.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 12:32-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 3: Henry James, Sr. (1811); Raoul Dufy (1877); Josephine Baker (1906); Colleen Dewhurst (1924); Allen Ginsberg (1926); Events on June 3—

Astronaut Edward White
is first American to "space walk"
during the flight of Gemini 4. Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 12:32-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Composed 7th birthday page for grandniece Sophia:
Stamps with 7 denomination showed symbolism of 7 (Wonders of the world, Big Dipper, Platonic Lambda)

Greek 7 drachma airmail
Goddess Athena & Pegasus
bring blessings of wisdom.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 1:58-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born on June 4: King George III of England (1738);
Alla Nazimova (1879); Charles Collingwood (1917); Angelina Jolie (1975); Events on June 4 (liu si)—
OP-ED: Tiananmen, Forgotten (NY Times, 6-3-2014)

Chinese army troops crush
students pro-democracy movement
at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 1:58-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
San Jose's 43rd Greek Food & Cultural Festival
(Young Arhondia dancers perform on June 1, 2014,
at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, San Jose)
(By Karl Mondon, SJ Mercury News, June 2, 2014)

Sweet smile in young
line dancer celebrating
ancient Greek culture.

Thursday, June 5, 2014, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Stevens directs
"Swing Time" (1936) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick,
Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa, Landers Stevens;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

After Ginger gets fired,
Fred shows what he learned
from her and wins her job back. Thursday, June 5, 2014, 9:25-11:10 pm
Stanford Theatre, William A. Seiter directs
"Roberta" (1935), with Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley,
Claire Dodd, Victor Varconi, Luis Alberni;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Irene Dunne sings
Jerome Kerns' music
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".

Friday, June 6, 2014, 1:00-3:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507;
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dancing Class
Six in class today; Danced merengue, rumba,
and swing with Michelle, Hanna, and Kathy

Gave Donna Frankel
my dance report on
"Indian Classical Dance". Friday, June 6, 2014, 7:45-9:25 pm
Palo Alto: 957 Colorado Ave (Friend's House)
Waverley Writers Poetry: Elizabeth Chapman
read "Baseball" (Giants on radio from Paris);
Tom Digby: "Meter Madness"; Ride home with Tom

They like the poems I read tonight:
"The Mountains Are Calling" &
"He-Man Battling Princess Leia".

Saturday, June 7, 2014, 12:07-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
"California Chrome trainer Art Sherman's Bay Area roots" (California Chrome's lineage has a distant link to 1955 Kentucky Derby winner Swaps, and Sherman visits his grave at Churchill Downs to pay respects.)
(By Carl Steward, SJ Mercury News, June 5, 2014)

Art Sherman visited
Swaps' grave site before
Chrome's Kentucky Derby win. Saturday, June 7, 2014, 3:30-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: "Tonalist Wins Belmont Stakes,
Denying Triple Crown for California Chrome"
(4-5 favorite California Chrome finished fourth
as 9-1 odds Tonalist wins 146th Belmont Stakes.)
(Triple Crown winners; 12 photos of losers)
(By Melissa Hoppert, NY Times, 6-8-2014)

Two-time Triple Crown rider
Eddie Arcaro said in 1986—
"You'll never see another."

Sunday, June 8, 2014, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Richard Thorpe directs "Three Little Words" (1950) with Fred Astaire,
Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn, Gloria DeHaven, Debbie Reynolds, Phil Regan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bert Kalmar teams with
Harry Ruby to write songs
such as Who's Sorry Now. Sunday, June 8, 2014, 6:40-7:20 pm, 9:25-10:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Mark Sandrich directs "Holiday Inn" (1942) with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel,
Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Irving Berlin's "Easter Parade"

Singer Bing Crosby vies
with dancer Fred Astaire
to marry their dancing partner.

Monday, June 9, 2014, 10:46-10:54 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays oboe in
"Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings" (1715)
by Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Will miss 11:01 am
Bus #34 to listen to
Zipoli's Ascension. Monday, June 9, 2014, 12:02-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 9: Peter the Great (1672); Carl Nielsen (1865); Cole Porter (1891); Johnny Depp (1963); Natalie Portman (1981); Events on June 9—

Secretariat won horse racing's
Triple Crown with victory
at 1973 Belmont Stakes.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 12:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 10: Gustave Courbet (1819); André Derain (1880); Frederick Loewe (1901); Judy Garland (1922); Tara Lipinski (1982); June 10—

Affirmed won horse racing's
Triple Crown with victory
at 1978 Belmont Stakes. Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 12:00-9:30 pm
Poet Maya Angelou remembered for wisdom, clarity
(By Emery P. Dalesio, WRAL.com, 6-7-2014) VIDEO: Remembering Maya Angelou
(Reuters, NY Times, 6-7-2014)

Bill Clinton: "She was calling
our attention to the things
she'd been paying attention to."

Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 2:45-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 11: John Constable (1776); Julia Cameron (1815); Richard Strauss (1864); Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910); Joe Montana (1956); On June 11— Sir Barton won the first Triple Crown in 1919.

Seattle Slew won horse racing's
Triple Crown with victory
at 1977 Belmont Stakes. Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 2:45-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mother hummingbird feeds her babies"
(Phil Williams Photo, SJ Mercury News, 6-8-2014);
Comeback for the Lindy Hop (NY Times, 5-24-2014)
Video clip is from "A Day at the Races" (1937)

Lindy Hop named after
Lindbergh's flight across Atlantic
but there's no hop in the dance.

Thursday, June 12, 2014, 1:32-8:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 12: Charles Kingsley (1819); Sir Oliver Lodge (1851); Anthony Eden (1897); Fritz Lipmann (1899); Anne Frank (1929); Events on June 12— Reagan to Gorbachev: "tear down this wall".

Got Anthony Eden's autograph
when he lectured at Cornell
and Gorbachev's at Stanford. Thursday, June 12, 2014, 1:32-8:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
First email (6/10) from Huai-Han Kung, roommate
at Columbia for four years that our friend & '63 classmate Chung-Yue Chang passed away May 30;
found 1961 Diary & typed entries of times together

Finding stamps & photos
to compose a web page—
"Memories of Chung-Yue Chang"

Thursday, June 12, 2014, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mark Sandrich directs
"The Gay Divorcee" (1934) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, William Austin; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Saw just ending

Con Conrad & Herb Magidson's
"The Continental awarded
first Oscar for Best Song. Thursday, June 12, 2014, 9:30-11:03 pm
Stanford Theatre, H. C. Potter directs
"The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (1939),
with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Olivert, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Etienne Girardot, Janet Beecher; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Final Fred-Ginger RKO film
is Vernon & Irene Castle bio,
famous pre-WWI dance team.

Friday, June 13, 2014, 12:52-7:30 pm
Al Guzman picks me up at Krause Center, Rudy in Sunnyvale, drives to Felix (Richmond); Rudy treats all at Pho Vuong Restaurant; Felix got haircut next door; (3-4:48 pm) "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (2009); Director Gavin Hood; starring Hugh Jackman,
Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch; YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Felix plays DVD of
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
on his 70" TV for us to see. Friday, June 13, 2014, 7:45-10:15 pm
Al Guzmann treats us all to movies at
Century Richmond Hilltop (3200 Klose Way)
Bryan Singer directs "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014) starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Time travel for Logan/Wolverine
back to 1973 to save the future
from domination by robotic mutants.

Saturday, June 14, 2014, 4:30-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Alberto Manguel & Gianni Guadalupi, "Dictionary of Imaginary Places" (1987) ($19 for $2; Didn't buy since library has this book) 809.9337Manguel; BookReviews; W.S. Merwin,
"The Moon Before Morning" 811.54Merwin—

Thank you for showing me
the morning stars and for
the dogs who are guiding me. Saturday, June 14, 2014, 4:30-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: "OP-ED: Poetry: Who Needs It?"
(By William Logan, New York Times, 6-15-2014)
"Poetry will never have the audience of "Game of Thrones"— that is what television can do. Poetry is what language alone can do."

Make kids read poetry—
they would know Anne Carson
and Derek Walcott by heart.

Sunday, June 15, 2014, 7:30-9:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Charles Walters directs "Easter Parade" (1948) starring Judy Garland,
Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); Judy Room

Best singer Judy
with best dancer Fred
together in Easter Parade. Sunday, June 15, 2014, 6:40-7:20 pm, 9:30-11:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Mark Sandrich directs "Follow the Fleet" (1936) with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard (Nelson), Astrid Allwyn, Betty Grable, Lucille Ball, Harry Beresford; YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4; Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

There's moonlight & music,
and love and romance—
let's face the music and dance.

Monday, June 16, 2014, 12:00-12:34 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road); brought
home food with nuts & coffee from Walgreens,
then ride to Foothill College Middlefield Campus

Black grapes, green onions,
wheat germ, sunflower seeds,
dried cranberries, pecan halves. Monday, June 16, 2014, 1:34-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Born June 16: Geronimo (1829); Stan Laurel (1890); Barbara McClintock (1902); Joyce Carol Oates (1938); Events on June 16— Monterey Pop Festival

Satchidananda gave opening talk—
performances by Ravi Shankar,
Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 1:50-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Picasso painting reveals hidden man" (Infrared shows underneath Picasso's 1901 masterpiece "The Blue Room" in Washington's Phillips Collection.)
(By Brett Zongker, Yahoo! News, 6-17-2014)

Hidden portrait of
a bow-tied man with
his face resting on his hand. Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 1:50-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 17:
Charles Gounod (1818); Igor Stravinsky (1882); M. C. Escher (1898); Sammy Fain (1902), Charles Eames (1907), John Hersey (1914); Events on June 17—
Statue of Liberty on French Isère, arrives in N.Y.C.

Amelia Earhart
embarked on first trans-Atlantic
flight by a woman.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 12:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Told Rudy story of "Oedipux Rex" by Sophocles;
Oedipus complex; Sphinx Riddle (Paintings: Fabre,
Dominique Ingres, GustaveMoreau, Greek plate);
Egypt stamps; Sphinx & Pyramid 1990 Sphinx Poem

Told Rudy about Rigoletto
singing "La donna è mobile"
& Secundus the Silent Philosopher. Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 12:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 18:
B. Ammannati (1511); George Mallory (1886);
Jeanette MacDonald (1903); Sammy Cahn (1913);
Donald Keene (1922); Paul McCartney (1942);
On June 18— 1948 U.N. Human Rights; In 1983—

Sally Ride becomes
America's first woman in space
aboard space shuttle Challenger.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 1:50-9:10 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Composing "The Lindy Hop" for Donna's ballroom dance class; Screenshots of Lindy Hop in two films
"A Day at the Races" and "Hellzapoppin" cropped & resized in Photoshop; Celebrating Frankie Manning

"Shorty" George Snowden
claims he coined "Lindy Hop" before
Lindbergh hopped across the Atlantic. Thursday, June 19, 2014, 1:50-9:10 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 19:
Blaise Pascal (1623); Thomas Sully (1783);
Elbert Hubbard (1856); Lou Gehrig (1903);
Paul Flory (1910); Aung San Suu Kyi (1942);
On June 19— Civil Rights Act of 1964 approved

Elbert Hubbard wrote
A Message to Garcia
inspiring me to excellence.

Friday, June 20, 2014, 1:00-3:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Gym 2507;
Donna Frankel's Ballroom Dancing Class
(Advanced students exempt from final exam);
Eight in class today; Danced two-step
with Michelle and Hanna.

Gave Donna Frankel
my dance report on
"The Lindy Hop". Friday, June 20, 2014, 4:40-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Patricia Schultz, "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" (2011) ($12 for $4 didn't buy) 910.202Schultz2011; Nik Wallenda, Balance: Story of Faith, Family, & Life on the Line 796.4709Wallend

"Life is not measured by
the number of breaths we take
but by the places and moments
that take our breath away."

Friday, June 20, 2014, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Thornton Freelandh directs
"Flying Down to Rio" (1933) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Etta Moten, Franklin Pangborn,
Eric Blore, Paul Porcasi; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Planes in Flying to Rio film

First Fred-Ginger film—
They become instant stars
dancing The Carioca. Friday, June 20, 2014, 9:10-10:51 pm
Stanford Theatre, George Stevens directs
"A Damsel in Distress" (1937), with Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine,
Reginald Gardiner, Ray Noble, Constance Collier, Montagu Love, Harry Watson; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Gracie Allen is
so funny in her scenes
at the amusement park.

Saturday, June 21, 2014, 11:46-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Born June 21: Increase Mather (1639); Rockwell Kent (1882); Reinhold Niebuhr (18926); Jean-Paul Sartre (1905); Mary McCarthy (1912); Judy Holliday (1921); Prince William (1982); On June 21 (1964)—

Jim Bunning pitches
7th perfect game in 6-0 win
as Phillies beats the Mets. Saturday, June 21, 2014, 11:46-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
"Jim Bunning: Fifty years ago, perfect game stamped his Hall of Fame ticket" (By Greg Noble, WCPO, Cincinnati, 6-21-2014); Kentucky Senator reminisced on perfect game of 50 years ago (Video: last 3 outs)

Bunning became first
National League pitcher in 84 years
to throw a perfect game.

Sunday, June 22, 2014, 1:50-2:18 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard);
Rudy & I went to Sprouts (Red grapes @ $1.48,
Figs & Dates @$2.99); Safeway (Poppy seed salad
dressing $1.49, Raisin, pecan, almond cereal $2.66)

Nutrella hazelnut spread,
spinach salad, Roma tomatoes,
almond-coconut milk, orange juice. Sunday, June 22, 2014, 4:30-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Born June 22: Giuseppe Mazzini (1805); William McDougall (1871); Sir Julian Huxley (1887); Erich Maria Remarque (1898); Carl Hubbell (1903); Meryl Streep (1949); On June 22— (1940): France signs armistice after Germans overran Paris.

Armistice signed in same
old railroad dining coach
of the Wagons Lits company.

Sunday, June 22, 2014, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Norman Taurog directs
"Broadway Melody of 1940" (1940) starring
Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy,
Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice,
Lynne Carver, Trixie Firschke (Juggler);
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell
tap dancing Begin the Beguine—
greatest tap sequences in film history. Sunday, June 22, 2014, 9:25-10:55 pm
Stanford Theatre, Edward H. Griffith directs
"The Sky's the Limit" (1943), with Fred Astaire,
Joan Leslie (Bio), Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan,
Eric Blore, Clarence Kolb, Richard Davies; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Vanneman's Review; Robert T. Smith, Flying Tiger

Joan Leslie was 17 dancing
with James Cagney in 1942
and Fred Astaire in 1943.

Monday, June 23, 2014, 1:01-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
BOOKS: Leaping From Marvel to DC in a Single Bound (Superman was #48 on the list of comic book best sellers with 40,534 copies sold of Issue 31.)
(By George Gene Gustines, NY Times, 6-23-2014)

Original Sin is #1
comics best-seller with
over 147,000 copies sold. Monday, June 23, 2014, 1:01-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 23:
Giambattista Vico (1668); Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763); Anna Akhmatova (1889); Edward VIII (1894); Jean Anouilh (1910); Bob Fosse (1927); On June 23 (1917): Boston Red Sox Ernie Shore's "Perfect" Game

No-Hit, No-Run and No-Man-to-First
performance by Ernie Shore
after Babe Ruth ejected.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 9:16-9:20, 10:36-10:40 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Franz Welzer-Möst directs London
Philharmonic Orchestra in Johann Strauss, Jr.
"Roses from the South Waltz", Op. 388, (1880)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2); Haydn's "Serenade",
String Quartet #5 in F Major Op. 3, 2nd Movement
(actually by Roman Hoffstetter) (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Waking up to exuberant
Strauss waltz followed by
calm Hoffstetter's Serenade. Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 12:56-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 24:
Saint John of the Cross (1542); Henry Ward Beecher (1813); Victor Francis Hess (1883); Jack Dempsey (1895); Norman Cousins (1915); John Ciardi (1916); On June 24 (1997): "1947 Roswell Incident" aliens were dummies; Two favorite authors born today—

Norman Cousins' Dr. Schweitzer of Lambaréné
& John Ciardi's Dante's Commedia translation
both wrote & edited at The Saturday Review.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 12:32-12:35 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Glenn Gould plays Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations: Aria BWV 988, Op. 388, (1741); (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
1:30-6:30 pm— Hometown Buffet, 2670 El Camino Real, Santa Clara (fried breaded fish, string beans, cornbread, salad, jello, pear & peaches, low-fat milk)

Treated Rudy and friend
who helped me move in March
for hearty lunch, drinks and talks. Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 25:
Antonio Gaudi (1852); Robert Henri (1865); George Abbott (1887); Hermann Oberth (1894); William H. Stein (1895); June Lockhart (1925); On June 25— Battle of Little Big Horn: Custer & 7th Cavalry killed (1876); North Korea invaded South Korea (1950)

Beatles performed new song
"All You Need Is Love"
via live world telecast.

Thursday, June 26, 2014, 11:35-11:39 am
Mountain View: Milk Pail Dairy (2585 California St.)
Four organic Bartlett pears for 81¢; Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab (11:55 am-9:30 pm)—
BASEBALL: Tim Lincecum throws no-hitter, makes history (Alex Pavlovic, SJ Mercury News, 6-26-2014)

Tim joins Christy Mathewson
of Giants with two no-hitters
& Sandy Koufax with multiple no-hitters,
Cy Young awards & World Series wins. Thursday, June 26, 2014, 11:55 am-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 26:
Bernard Berenson (1865); Pearl Buck (1892); Willy Messerschmitt (1898); Peter Lorre (1904); Babe Zaharias (1911); Derek Jeter (1925); On June 26— New York Daily News was first published (1919); Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush" premiered (1925)

United Nations Charter
signed by 50 countries
in San Francisco (1945).

Friday, June 27, 2014, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen direct "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) with
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Favorite dances—

Make Them Laugh,
Singin' in the Rain,
Gene Kelly & Cyd Charisse. Friday, June 27, 2014, 9:25-11:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Victor Fleming directs "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) with Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Frank Baum Book; Illustrated Copy; Symbolism; Overinterpretation

Film lost Best Picture Award
to Gone With the Wind (1939)
also directed by Victor Fleming.

Saturday, June 28, 2014, 1:00-1:25 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard),
afterwards gives me ride to Los Altos Library;
Email from Donna Frankel that World Dance class
(DANC 5 #10867) will be held at Gym B, 6 pm

Spinach salad, green beans,
stir-fry vegetables, pizza,
dairy creamer, orange juice. Saturday, June 28, 2014, 2:35-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Born June 28: Peter Paul Rubens (1577); Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712); Luigi Pirandello (1867); Richard Rodgers (1902); John Elway (1960); On June 28— (1919): Treaty of Versailles signed in France, ending World War I.

Crowd cheered Woodrow Wilson,
George Clemenceau & Lloyd George
after signing of the Versailles Treaty.

Sunday, June 29, 2014, 11:01-11:08 am
KFDC 104.9 FM: Anne-Sophie Mutter plays
Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: Yo-Yo Ma, Fritz Kreisler, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Chang);
France 1942 stamp honoring Jules Massenet

Massenet's Thaïs—
uplifts my spirit higher
and higher beyond the clouds. Sunday, June 29, 2014, 1:46-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library: Born June 29: Giacomo Leopardi (1798); George Goethals (1858); George Ellery Hale (1868); Robert Schuman (1886); Antoine Saint-Exupéry (1900); On June 29— (1995): U.S. shuttle Atlantis & Russian space station Mir docked.

My favorite author
of Wind, Sand and Stars and
The Little Prince was born today.

Sunday, June 29, 2014, 1:46-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library: Leigh Montville's "Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero" ($16.95 for $2) 796.357WilliamMontvil; Williams hit .406 in 1941 because he consulted with Hugh Duffy (.440 in 1894), Roger Hornsby (.401 in 1922, .424 in 1924, .403 in 1925), and Billy Terry (.401 in 1930)

Roger Hornsby batted over
.400 three times, so Ted Williams
picked his brain on how to hit. Sunday, June 29, 2014, 1:46-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library: Checked out Theo Pauline Nestor's
"Writing Is My Drink: A Writer's Story of Finding Her Voice (and a Guide to How You Can Too)" (2013) 808.0201Nestor; & Carl H. Klaus' "A Self Made of Words: Crafting a Distinctive Persona in Nonfiction Writing" (2013) 808.02Klaus, p. 80—

Keep reading, keep writing,
keep revising, keep listening
from others and from yourself.

Monday, June 30, 2014, 1:30-6:15 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab; Born June 30:
Sir Joseph Hooker (1817); Lucile Grahn (1819);
Czeslaw Milosz (1911); Lena Horne (1917);
Harry Blackstone, Jr. (1934); Michael Phelps (1985);
Events on June 30 (1971)— Supreme Court in 6-3
decision favored publication of Pentagon Papers;
News & Quotes on This Day: June 30—

Blondin crossed Niagara Falls (1859)
Gone with the Wind published (1936)
No-hitter by Lemon (1948) & Koufax (1962). Monday, June 30, 2014, 7:00-9:42 pm
Stanford University: CEMEX Auditorium
Stanford Repertory Theater Festival; Orson Welles directs "Citizen Kane" (1941) with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, William Alland, Erskine Sanford; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Greatest film ever made—
Ciizen Kane & Vertigo
with music by Bernard Herrmann.